Nancy Feng, right, poses with her mother Ling Feng and father, Lou Fillipi. Nancy is attending Spring Arbor University and hoping to graduate with a degree in accounting.

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"Christmas Eve, 2007," she said. "I remember because my mother and I left China on Christmas Eve and landed in Detroit (because of crossing the International Dateline) and it was still Christmas Eve. "

In many ways, every day since has been Christmas Eve for Hongmin Feng (pronounced "Fong"), who now goes by the name Nancy. ...